ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Английский
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
ГЛАГОЛ
C1
FORMAL
1
Модель употребления:
ruminate (on/over) [something]
After the meeting, he went for a walk to ruminate on the feedback.
Az értekezlet után elment sétálni, hogy eltöprengjen a visszajelzésen.
She kept ruminating over her reply and ended up sending nothing.
Folyton a válaszán rágódott, és végül semmit sem küldött el.
It’s easy to ruminate on past mistakes, but it rarely helps.
Примеры для изучающих
I ruminated on my choices all night.
Egész éjjel a döntéseimen töprengtem.
Try not to ruminate over small problems.
Próbálj meg nem rágódni apró problémákon.
Частая ошибка:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Значение
think deeply for a long time
Коллокации
ruminate on the past
|ruminate on a decision
|ruminate over a problem
|ruminate on what happened
|sit and ruminate
|lie awake ruminating
|quietly ruminate
|ruminate endlessly
|ruminate at length
|ruminate about mistakes
Синонимы
ponder (Neutral and fairly formal; focuses on careful thought.)
|
mull over (More conversational; suggests thinking something over repeatedly.)
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reflect (Often calmer and less stuck than ruminate.)
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brood (More negative; suggests gloomy, obsessive thinking.)
Антонимы
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Темы
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Определение
to think about something deeply for a long time
To think carefully and for a long time about something, often turning it over repeatedly in your mind.
ГЛАГОЛ
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Модель употребления:
[animal] ruminates
Cows often ruminate for hours each day.
A tehenek gyakran naponta órákon át kérődznek.
You can see the sheep ruminating quietly in the pasture.
Láthatod, ahogy a juhok csendben kérődznek a legelőn.
Deer may ruminate in a safe spot after feeding.
Примеры для изучающих
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Частая ошибка:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Значение
chew cud (as some animals do)
Коллокации
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Синонимы
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Антонимы
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Темы
animals
|biology
|food
Определение
(of some animals) to chew food again after swallowing it
(Of cattle, sheep, and similar animals) to bring partly digested food back up from the stomach and chew it again.
Грамматика
Словарная форма
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Слоги и ударение
ru - min - ate (3 слога)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Формы слова
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Выражения
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Примеры
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Примеры для изучающих
- I ruminated on my exam results.
ruminate over [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈoʊvɚ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
turn something over in your mind
to keep thinking about something again and again
Примеры
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Примеры для изучающих
- She ruminated over the decision.